The Shtetl Routes project, an ambitious, EU-funded, cross-border Jewish tourism initiative in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine, will be holding training sessions for tourist guides to Jewish heritage sites in the area.
The sessions, for 30 people each, will be organized by the Grodzka Gate NN Theater, one of the partners in the Shtetl Routes project.
Participation in training is free of charge. The organizer covers the costs of transport, accommodation and meals during the field trips and provides training materials, lectures and presentation led by local experts and specialists on Jewish subjects. Participants must however cover costs of getting to the training sessions.
Anyone interested in participating must complete the registration form located at this link by February 28.
The announcement of the sessions states:
Training sessions will be conducted in March and April 2015. This will include a series of three two-day field trips , allowing to familiarize participants with the history, heritage, monuments and traditions of small towns whose history was inextricably linked with Jewish culture.
Training will be conducted on the following dates:
28-29.03.2015 (Sat-Sun) Lublin province:
Leczna, Włodawa, Łomazy, Międzyrzecz, Kock, Lublin (NN Theatre), Starling, Wojsławice, Zamosc (Center Synagogue), Szczebrzeszyn, of Joseph, Biłgoraj11-12.04.2015 (Sat-Sun) Podlaskie:
Siemiatycze, Orla, Tykocin, Knyszyn, Michałowo, Krynki Sejny25-26.04.2015 (Sat-Sun) Subcarpathian Province:
Dukla, New Żmigród, Rymanów, Lesko, Wielkie Oczy, Lubaczów, Oleszyce, Lancut
Click here to see details on eligibility, etc
See training program details here (in Polish)
1 comment on “Training sessions for crossborder Jewish tourism guides in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine”
I am interested in the training. Is it in English?